The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit—previously known as CNTK—empowers you to harness the intelligence within massive datasets through deep learning by providing uncompromised scaling, speed and accuracy with commercial-grade quality and compatibility with the programming languages and algorithms you already use. This workshop aims at making attendees comfortable with key deep learning concepts and basics of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit. Through lectures and hands on exercises we will introduce commonly used deep learning models, discuss the scenarios in which they are used, and provide best practices and patterns on how to implement them with Cognitive Toolkit.

# About the Course
The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit—previously known as CNTK—empowers you to harness the intelligence within massive datasets through deep learning by providing uncompromised scaling, speed and accuracy with commercial-grade quality and compatibility with the programming languages and algorithms you already use. This workshop aims at making attendees comfortable with key deep learning concepts and basics of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit. Through lectures and hands on exercises we will introduce commonly used deep learning models, discuss the scenarios in which they are used, and provide best practices and patterns on how to implement them with Cognitive Toolkit.
# Prerequisites
There are a few things you will need in order to properly follow the course materials:
- Bring your own personal computer
- Install Git
- Make sure you have an active Microsoft Account – http://account.microsoft.com
- Register for Microsoft Azure Notebooks preview – http://notebooks.azure.com
- Register for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio – http://studio.azureml.net
# Agenda
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
- Welcome and introductions
- Introduction to key Deep Learning concepts
- Overview of the leading Deep Learning frameworks
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
- Lunch
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Introduction to Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit
- Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit Hands on Labs
# Technologies Covered
- Machine Learning
# What you will learn:
- Core Deep Learning concepts
- Common Deep Learning scenarios
- Principles of developing Deep Learning models with Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit